8 Amendments of Arne LIETZ related to 2017/2015(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the empowerment of women, the promotion of their rights and the safeguarding of their access to resources can accelerate development; whereas trade agreements without this particular focus have the potential to further disadvantage women due to their already disadvantaged position in society or increase inequality and endanger people’s livelihoods in general;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas the adoption of new trade agreements with other countries and/or regions of the world can lead to employment shifts and losses of formerly acquired export-oriented jobs; whereas this affects women in particular as export- related sectors are often female- dominated;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas more than 40% of agricultural work in the Global South is done by women, whereas women farmers are mostly small-scale or subsistence farmers who do not have the necessary access to information, credit, land or networks to successfully compete in a global market;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas women are working more often than men in low-paid, low-valued and precarious positions in all sectors and will thus most probably benefit to a lower degree from trade liberalisation processes than men; whereas women, seen in a lower bargaining position, are often misused as a competitive advantage in a global economy;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Regrets that the European Commission’s strategy “Trade for All” does not include a clear gender perspective and calls on the Commission to update the strategy in this regard;
Amendment 23 #
1a. Calls for a development-centred and gender-sensitive trade policy which guarantees negotiations on equal terms between trade partners;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Emphasises the need for governments to maintain their ability to allocate resources to the achievement of women’s rights and gender equality in order to guarantee an inclusive and sustainable future for societies;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Underlines that EU agricultural imports may undercut traditional small- scale farms and thereby may endanger women’s livelihoods;